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Originally Posted by Playslikepage71
Well, now that they're selling trucks for bags of potatoes everyone is buying them. I can agree with the people that said the US automakers are getting shafted with labor contract issues. They also got in trouble when toyota was retooling their flexible factories while GM and co. was stuck with their junk in the wind making gigantor trucks and such.
I just find it amazing how behind the times it seems the US automakers are. It's like why does it take an 8.3L V10 to make 525HP? The Nissan GT-R does it with a 3.8L V6 with 2 turbos. If you dispute that because of the factory claimed number of 480HP, take a look at the motor trend article about the dyno tests. The Ferarri F430 makes 485 ponies with a "meager" 4.3L V8. The Corvette with it's futuristic fiberglass body rides on friggin leafsprings!! Detroit is finally catching up with the rest of the world when it comes to hybrid, diesel, and performance technologies. It may be too late though.
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Horsepower is a function of the amount of air flowing into and out of an engine. Engine displacement * rotation speed = flow rate. So there is a replacement for displacement-- revs. That Ferrari engine needs high revs to make the horsepower it does.
The fact that the Corvette rides on leafsprings has nothing to do with low-tech. The car has double wishbones, with composite leafs taking the place of coil springs. The advantage of the leafs is a more compact suspension system, because you don't need reinforced structures up top to seat coils into.